ROSE ARTICLES

‘Poppy’ is a beautiful, bright orange/red single miniflora, named for its resemblance and association with poppies flowering in the spring..

In October 1887, Wilhelm Kordes I, at the age of twenty-two, founded a horticultural nursery and market garden in Elmshorn, Germany.

If you are like most people, you will pull out the old bottle of pesticide when you see something eating or covering your roses. You probabl

Lesson #1: PROTECT THE POLLINATORS. I stay reasonably healthy by eating fresh fruits and veggies like peaches, cucumbers and blueberries. T

It is the beginning of February and time to really start getting serious about thinking about the New Year.

America provides the breeding grounds for visiting migratory Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Everyone can recognize and appreciate the cute little beetles we identify as “Ladybugs.” They may be the first garden bug we recognize in p

by Pat Hamilton, Humboldt Rose Society, Master Rosarian until 2011 This is a 2006 AOM article This year seems to be a continuation of one rainstorm after another; according to the weather bureau we have had 153 percent of normal rainfall. In our own garden December through the first week of February we had only six days that were free of some type of precipitation. This was followed by ten wonderfully warm spring days, hallelujah!!! We waited a couple of days until the ground

We had a very warm winter on both coasts in 2019-20 this past winter and you know what that means Bugs. It is a shame really that just about

The world is filled with insects – it’s estimated that there are more than a million different kinds. Most go about their daily business ne